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Biology
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ISBN: 9781259188138
Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammatory polyarthritis, which affects the peripheral joints, especially the small joints of hands and feet.

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